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The (Nearly) Lost Art of Letter Writing
I have had lovely periods of my life where letters moved back and forth between my heart and another across states, across countries and oceans. Over land and sea, my words have traveled to beloveds. Those distant friends and connections are now gone. I find myself longing for the letter writing process often, but very few people actually find themselves able to make time for the art. It takes...
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The Prince
A little bit about the prince:
The connotations of certain words is as significant as their literal meaning in determining the nature of an archetype. Our word “prince” comes from Latin roots meaning first or chief, and the word was originally applied to the ruler of a principality or the son of a sovereign. But we often use the term today for anyone preeminent in his field, or for...
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What music are you listening to today?
Magnificat 5 in Tone 5: Magnificat Quinti Toni, performed by the Tallis Scholars
(renaissance choral music)
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If you could go on vacation for the next month with an unlimited budget, where would you go?
Ireland, base myself on a small farm near the coast, write in the mornings, wander the hollow hills by day, play the fiddle at sessions in pubs and homes by night.
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“I enjoy the freedom to work with colorful primary archetypes that speak directly...”
– Grant Morrison, Publishers Weekly (via brayduhmin)
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“Every Woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself” -...”
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“Nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that.” Hans Christian...”
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Feeling Everything
The way a fairy tale can capture concepts and spin them, make you see things from another angle…I was thinking about the princess and the pea story, and how sensitivity in that tale is a mark of distinction. Then I found this bit on wikipedia:
“Researcher Jack Zipes notes…that the author makes a case for sensitivity being the decisive factor in determining royal authenticity...
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